12/30/2021
South China Morning Post
"Japan’s Uniqlo CEO Tadashi Yanai says won’t get sucked into US-China rivalry"
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12/29/2021
Voice of America
"How China Snuffed Out Threats Across Asia in 2021"
Pandemic diplomacy helped "burnish" China's image in much of the world, said Jeffrey Kingston, a history instructor at the Japan campus of Temple University.Speedy help for Afghani... Read the article.
12/19/2021
co-edited by James Brown and Robert Dujarric
"The Abe Legacy: How Japan Has Been Shaped by Abe Shinzo"
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12/16/2021
Aljazeera
"Flush with vaccines, Asia sees return to normal slip out of reach"
Jeff Kingston, director of Asian Studies at Temple University Japan, told Al Jazeera political leaders in the region were cautious due to the experience of countries such as the Un... Read the article.
12/15/2021
South China Morning Post
"Why is Shinzo Abe stirring the Japan-China pot with remarks about ‘suicidal’ attack on Taiwan?"
12/14/2021
South China Morning Post
"Japan caught between China, US over diplomacy, Winter Olympics boycott, analysts say"
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12/14/2021
South China Morning Post
"South Korea joins China, Taiwan in bid for CPTPP entry, but concerns remain over Japan’s stance"
On one hand, analysts suggest that Japan and South Korea are under pressure from the United States to patch up ties for the sake of greater regional security. Yet some Japanese con... Read the article.
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12/14/2021
ZD Net
"Kronos hit with ransomware, warns of data breach and 'several week' outage"
"Every time they call in for help, they get a different answer about what is going on," the source said, adding that in one initial call, the Kronos representative did not even kno... Read the article.
12/14/2021
National Geographic/Nikkei BP
"英国でオミクロン株の死者、現行のワクチンと治療薬は効くのか"
増殖するウイルスは、自分の遺伝物質を複製する際のエラーが原因で、頻繁に変異する。つまり、1日あたり何十万人もの新規感染者が発生する状況では、それだけ変異の機会も多い。「ウイルスは変異を生みだす機械のよ... Read the article.
12/09/2021
The Japan Times
"Amarachi Nwosu tackles diversity issues with 'Women of Color in Japan'"
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12/01/2021
The | Diploma
"Asia After the Soviet Union"
Although the writing had been on the (literal) wall since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the collapse of the Soviet Union was only made official in December 1991 though the B... Read the article.
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12/01/2021
RUSI
"Russian and Chinese Efforts to Encircle Japan May Prove Counterproductive"
The Russian heavy bomber’s propellers whipped up snow from the runway at the Ukrainka base in Russia’s Far East as it took off to join its Chinese counterparts. This is how the Rus... Read the article.